Jenny Han Quotes
It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one bookstore to another, looks up at a sign.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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I've had every hair style imaginable.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I'd love to do a love story. I've never done a true love story, which would be awesome. But then again, I don't think I've had a true love story, even in my own life. Maybe that's something I want to explore in my own life first.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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I have to tell you, I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans. It's very difficult for me to say, 'Hey, I can give up my paycheck,' because the reality is, I have financial obligations that I have to meet on a month-to-month basis that doesn't make it possible for me.
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The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.
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For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason.
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It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.
